An Egham business was evacuated due to a 'bomb threat' on Thursday afternoon (October 4).

Surrey Police was called to a property at 3.37pm following a report of a "bomb threat made to a business".

An eyewitness reported a heavy police presence in the Ten Acre Lane industrial estate area at around 4pm with reports that a warehouse had been evacuated as a precaution.

A spokesman for Surrey Police said: "We were called to a property in the Ten Acre Lane industrial estate in Egham at 3.37pm today following a report of a bomb threat made to a business, at which point employees were evacuated.